Bucks have uphill climb

The Bucks have posted a 35-2 dual-meet record, the most wins in a season in school history, earned a share of the Lakeland Conference title and won its first district crown in four years.

However, the school's first Division 3 regional title since 2006 will not come easily.

Frank Mucha's team must take on 10th-ranked Otsego on its home mat in Wednesday's regional semifinals.

And the strengths of the two teams' lineups are as different as night and day.

Otsego qualified nine wrestlers out of Saturday's individual districts with four champions. Eight of the qualifiers, including all four champs, came in the first eight weight classes, from 103 through 145.

Buchanan, on the other hand, qualified eight wrestlers with two winners. And five of the eight came from weight classes 152 to 285.